Biology:Tylodina

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Tylodina perversa
A live individual of Tylodina perversa, in situ, head uppermost in this image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Umbraculida
Superfamily:	Umbraculoidea
Family:	Tylodinidae
Genus:	Tylodina Rafinesque, 1814

Tylodina is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or false limpets in the family Tylodinidae.

Species

Species within the genus Tylodina include:

• Tylodina americana
• Tylodina corticalis
• Tylodina fungina- Observed solitary, in pairs and aggregating in small groups in reefs around San Clemente Island, the southernmost Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California July 2015.
• Tylodina perversa

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3175675 entry